James LONGWELL

  General Notes:

Longwell birth records came from an old book called the Confession of Faith, The larger and shorter Catechisms, Printed in Glasgow M, DDC,LXVIII. (1758) which was in the hands of Norton T. Longwell and now in the hands of Martha Mitchell Lake Havasu, AZ. DAR Patriot Index states he married Nellie Slack. James was a private in the First Battalion 2nd Co. in Pa. He was a Revolutionary War Vet. Ellen Longwell was possibly the daughter of Jacob or Ralph Slack Sr. who lived and died in Northumberland Co. Pa. After James and Ellens marriage it is possible that they moved to Maryland after the birth of their first son Ralph S. Longwell in 1792. They then moved to Kentucky in Mason Co. until moving to Delaware County, Ohio in 1806. They resided in Berlin twps. in Delaware County at the time of the death of James. The fact James is not mentioned in the 1820 Census is reason enough to believe his death came prior to the taking of that census. Robert Longwell is mentioned as the head of household, since Ralph was already married to Elizabeth Thurston and moved probably into the Salt Reservation area of Brown twps. There is also a record in the WPA Cemetery registration book for Delaware County which states that James Longwell ( Revolutionary War Vet) is buried at Berkshire Cemetery although no stone was found. The 1816 Tax duplicates also state that Longwell & Slack paid taxes. This could be a business with James brother in law Ralph Slack or Henry Slack. Also James Longwell's sons , Ralph and Robert were in the War of 1812. James is also listed as serving since his son James would not have been old enough. Ralph was in several units one being Captain Henry Slack's Company. After James death in 1820 Ellen, and her younger children moved with Ralph and his family to what was then Marion County in Morven twps., which is now Cardington twps. in Morrow County, Ohio. The family later, in 1833 moved back to Brown twps. where Ellen died in 1854.

TAX: 1808 Delaware County, Ohio Proprietors, Original in Co. Auditors Office, copied at Del. Co. Historical Society 6/25/92 Longwell, James 1 stud horse, 3 Rates, 2 Corses ???, 3 Wert Cattle amount of tax cents 90

Name: James Longwell Location: Nr Berkshire Twp OH 18 Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.3, p. Serial: 7601; Volume: 6

  Noted events in his life were:

• Children: List of Births.

James married Ellen 'Nellie' SLACK, daughter of Jacob SLACK and Elizabeth RAMSEY, about 1791 in Maryland. (Ellen 'Nellie' SLACK was born about 1775 in Maryland ?, died on 18 Jun 1854 in Kilbourne, Brown, Delaware, Ohio and was buried in Old Eden Cem., Kilbourne, Brown, Delaware, Ohio.)